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Krigloch the Furious
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Krig, when's your next screen-name change coming?
how are you going to outdo this one?
what makes me mad is that I changed this one for HCII. but it took the UM gang like a week to get it changed so it kinda wore off on the "yay Krig" factor.
Krigloch the Furious
Pants full of poo
Story Highlights Sen. Obama addressed thousands in town square of Springfield, Illinois
Listed poor schools, economic hardships, oil dependence and Iraq as priorities
"Failure of leadership" to blame for not meeting nation's challenges, Obama says
Before politics, practiced civil rights law, taught at U. of Chicago Law School
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama stood before a cheering crowd at the Capitol in his home state Saturday and announced he will seek the 2008 Democratic nomination for president.
Invoking the memory of fellow Illinoisan and the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, the first-term senator addressed thousands packed into the Springfield, Illinois, town square on a chilly day in America's heartland.
To chants of "Obama! Obama!," he told the crowd: "It was here, in Springfield, where North, South, East and West come together that I was reminded of the essential decency of the American people -- where I came to believe that through this decency, we can build a more hopeful America." (Watch as the crowd erupts when Obama officially declares his candidacy )
If the 45-year-old Obama were elected, he would become the nation's first African-American president.
"And that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the United States of America."
Obama told the crowd he would tackle problems like poor schools, economic hardships and oil dependence, saying a "failure of leadership" is to blame for not meeting the nation's challenges. He also implored the crowd to demand that there be "universal health care in America by the end of the president's first term."
He called the Iraq war a "tragic mistake" and said, "It's time to admit that no amount of American lives can resolve the political disagreement that lies at the heart of someone else's civil war. That's why I have a plan that will bring our combat troops home by March of 2008.
"Letting the Iraqis know that we will not be there forever is our last, best hope to pressure the Sunni and Shia to come to the table and find peace," he said. (Watch the senator lay out his plan for Iraq )
He also lauded what he called the founding fathers' "genius" in creating a system of government that can be changed. He cited examples throughout history -- from the American Revolution to the Civil War to the Great Depression -- in which Americans have demanded, and effected, change.
"We've done this before. Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what's needed to be done. Today we are called once more, and it is time for our generation to answer that call," he said.
The absence of sound policy is not what's holding the country back, he said.
Rather, Obama said, "what's stopped us is the failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics -- the ease with which we're distracted by the petty and trivial, our chronic avoidance of tough decisions, our preference for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to tackle the big problems of America."
Listed poor schools, economic hardships, oil dependence and Iraq as priorities
"Failure of leadership" to blame for not meeting nation's challenges, Obama says
Before politics, practiced civil rights law, taught at U. of Chicago Law School
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama stood before a cheering crowd at the Capitol in his home state Saturday and announced he will seek the 2008 Democratic nomination for president.
Invoking the memory of fellow Illinoisan and the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, the first-term senator addressed thousands packed into the Springfield, Illinois, town square on a chilly day in America's heartland.
To chants of "Obama! Obama!," he told the crowd: "It was here, in Springfield, where North, South, East and West come together that I was reminded of the essential decency of the American people -- where I came to believe that through this decency, we can build a more hopeful America." (Watch as the crowd erupts when Obama officially declares his candidacy )
If the 45-year-old Obama were elected, he would become the nation's first African-American president.
"And that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the United States of America."
Obama told the crowd he would tackle problems like poor schools, economic hardships and oil dependence, saying a "failure of leadership" is to blame for not meeting the nation's challenges. He also implored the crowd to demand that there be "universal health care in America by the end of the president's first term."
He called the Iraq war a "tragic mistake" and said, "It's time to admit that no amount of American lives can resolve the political disagreement that lies at the heart of someone else's civil war. That's why I have a plan that will bring our combat troops home by March of 2008.
"Letting the Iraqis know that we will not be there forever is our last, best hope to pressure the Sunni and Shia to come to the table and find peace," he said. (Watch the senator lay out his plan for Iraq )
He also lauded what he called the founding fathers' "genius" in creating a system of government that can be changed. He cited examples throughout history -- from the American Revolution to the Civil War to the Great Depression -- in which Americans have demanded, and effected, change.
"We've done this before. Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what's needed to be done. Today we are called once more, and it is time for our generation to answer that call," he said.
The absence of sound policy is not what's holding the country back, he said.
Rather, Obama said, "what's stopped us is the failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics -- the ease with which we're distracted by the petty and trivial, our chronic avoidance of tough decisions, our preference for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to tackle the big problems of America."
Krigloch the Furious
Pants full of poo
dorian gray
Returning videotapes
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dorian gray
Returning videotapes
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dorian gray
Returning videotapes
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Krigloch the Furious
Pants full of poo
its not about being cheap. 40 bux a month out of my pocket is nothing. but its total bullshit, im not paying that much for a damn phone.
dorian gray
Returning videotapes
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I hear ya. My wife just bought us two new ones for like $150 each. Our monthly plan is $60 or some shit. There is only one person who calls me - my wife. I suggested we just buy a CB radio buuuuut noooooooo
dorian gray
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Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Evil?
omghaxlol!1
Demilich
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This shit going on with the Warning album and Miskatonic is fuckkked up!
I hope Rich calms down a little in the next few days
I hope Rich calms down a little in the next few days
Evil?
omghaxlol!1
